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FBI and partners seize domain of Virtualine bulletproof hosting service

  • —Operation led by the FBI Washington Field Office with foreign partners
  • —Chainalysis and OverRIPE took part as private-sector contributors
  • —Domain of the Virtualine bulletproof hosting service was seized
Why it matters: The takedown targets hosting infrastructure used by crypto scammers and ransomware crews, potentially disrupting their operations.
Source: Chainalysis Blog
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